Lamaism

Lamaism, Buddhism as professed in Thibet and Mongolia, or the
worship of Buddha and his Dharma (q.v.); conceived of as
incarnated in the Sangha (q.v.) or priesthood, and especially
in the Grand Lama or Dalai Lama, the chiefpriest; a kind of
hero-worship, or at all events saint-worship; long since sunk into mere
idolatry (q.v.).